I had previously told the scrap collector that comes to my shop that I would buy old bikes from him if he found any. Last week he told me he had an old Trek 10 speed with a headlight and generator on it. I told him to bring it by even though it was probably newer than what I would normally be interested in.
This is what he showed up with. Initially I was kind of disappointed but I noticed it had an older Schwinn seat and the light and generator was kind of cool so I ended up buying it for those couple items.
Once I got it into the shop I got a little curious about it and looked up the serial number.
I found this website to be pretty helpful with figuring out what this bike was.
http://vintage-trek.com/
It looks like it was from 1978 and was sold as a TX300 frame. Apparently Trek sold some bicycle shops just the bare frames which were then completed at the stores. This appears to be one of those. I think that is why it has a Schwinn seat on it.
I still don't know what I'm going to do with it. I think it is pretty cool that this was made in Trek's first or second year of operation and was hand built in Wisconsin.
This is what he showed up with. Initially I was kind of disappointed but I noticed it had an older Schwinn seat and the light and generator was kind of cool so I ended up buying it for those couple items.
Once I got it into the shop I got a little curious about it and looked up the serial number.
I found this website to be pretty helpful with figuring out what this bike was.
http://vintage-trek.com/
It looks like it was from 1978 and was sold as a TX300 frame. Apparently Trek sold some bicycle shops just the bare frames which were then completed at the stores. This appears to be one of those. I think that is why it has a Schwinn seat on it.
I still don't know what I'm going to do with it. I think it is pretty cool that this was made in Trek's first or second year of operation and was hand built in Wisconsin.
